News
July 28, 2012
| Narinjara
The Burmese government, UN, and Care Myanmar are reportedly rebuilding the houses that were damaged in arson attacks during the recent unrest in...
July 28, 2012
| Kaladan
Ukhiya, Bangladesh: A group of Local goons are collecting from the refugee woodcutters who go to forest to collect firewood, said a refugee from...
July 27, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Incessant rain during the past few days have resulted in the flooding of Mongla, opposite China’s Dai Autonomous Prefecture, since yesterday...
July 27, 2012
| KNG
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) lost its Loi Ying and Battalion 15 posts to the Burmese military at about 12:30 pm, July 25.
July 27, 2012
| KNG
The Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) is very concerned for women and children suffering from the ongoing conflict in Kachin state.
July 27, 2012
| IMNA
The leaders of Pa-oh National Liberation Organization (PNLO) leaders held a public consultation with Pa-oh ethnic people in Thaton, Mon State, where...
July 27, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s aging three oil refineries, which produce only a meager number of barrels per daily, will be privatized, say government authorities.
July 27, 2012
| Mizzima
Up to 100,000 school teachers will carry out Burma’s door-to-door census in 2014 with the support of the United Nations, in what will be Burma’s...
July 27, 2012
| Mizzima
The judge in the trial of a Kachin man whose lawyer said his client was tortured to obtain a confession has ordered the lawyer not to share...
July 26, 2012
| KIC
Naw Dabora Htoo, education coordinator with the Karen Refugee Committee, said schoolteachers working in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border are...
July 26, 2012
| KIC
Asian World Company, the biggest infrastructure and construction company in Burma says it will re-house a hundred families relocated from Htone Bo...
July 26, 2012
| Mizzima
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks in cattle have affected children in Asia in recent months, says the World Health Organization (WHO)...
July 26, 2012
| S.H.A.N
As long as the present government and the military are adopting a “dual track approach” to peace in the country, the reforms will not be “...
July 26, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma has sentenced 92 Thais to three-and-a-half years in for prison terms for illegal entry and encroachment on forestland without permission.
July 26, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi joined other Burmese lawmakers in calling for laws guaranteeing the rights of ethnic minorities on Wednesday, addressing her fellow...